Peggy o' Greenlaw

DESCRIPTION: "I am a bold, undaunted youth, George Hewitt is my name... And there I had a sweetheart... My Peggy o' Greenlaw." But bad company pulls him away; he falls in love with another, marries her in haste, quickly becomes disillusioned, and regrets losing Peggy
AUTHOR: Alexander Shaw
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (Ord-BothySongsAndBallads)
KEYWORDS: love courting abandonment betrayal marriage
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, p. 143, "Peggy o' Greenlaw" (1 text)
Roud #3949
File: Ord143

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